So Noah Lyles running in the Olympics on Day2 of Covid...impressive or jerk move?

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Anonymous wrote:I genuinely admire the guy overall, and have no issue with him running it, but why did he go up and hug the gold medalist afterwards, since neither was wearing a mask, and it seemed unnecessary. I don't think it was a jerk move in the sense that it was intentional, but not well thought out.

This was irresponsible. He is not the only one who has trained for years for this experience .

And all those other people would have done the same thing. No serious medal contender at the Olympics would have wanted a policy banning sick people from competing.

This just proves someone else needs to making rational decisions for these people. They are too focused on winning and not their long term health.

Unless they have severe anxiety, their "long term health" is not at risk from COVID.

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Total selfish jerk move to expose others to Covid. There are a lot of jerks who are doing this in daily life. They don't care who they harm. I hate people who don't keep their germs to themselves!

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Anonymous wrote:I genuinely admire the guy overall, and have no issue with him running it, but why did he go up and hug the gold medalist afterwards, since neither was wearing a mask, and it seemed unnecessary. I don't think it was a jerk move in the sense that it was intentional, but not well thought out.

This was irresponsible. He is not the only one who has trained for years for this experience .

And all those other people would have done the same thing. No serious medal contender at the Olympics would have wanted a policy banning sick people from competing.

This just proves someone else needs to making rational decisions for these people. They are too focused on winning and not their long term health.

It's *hilarious* reading that from someone in far worse health than these athletes. Their choices aren't the ones you should be worried about.

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Anonymous wrote:Total selfish jerk move to expose others to Covid. There are a lot of jerks who are doing this in daily life. They don't care who they harm. I hate people who don't keep their germs to themselves!

He had probably already exposed others to COVID. These athletes would have been in close quarters, for living, eating, training, and transportation, for weeks. An outdoor race and hug weren’t the riskiest behaviour that everyone would have engaged in in the recent past.

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Anonymous wrote:Impressive. He has asthma, which makes COVID worse for those who contract the virus. The fact that he managed to still win a Silver is so damn incredible.

And yes, the athlete village is likely overrun with COVID. The US Men's and Women's basketball teams made a smart move to get their own private floor of a hotel.

https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/sports/usa-basketball-ditches-olympic-village-for-15-million-luxury-accommodations/#:~:text=Some%20of%20America%27s%20biggest%20stars,according%20to%20the%20Daily%20Mail.

COVID must really be battering a lot of athletes who participate in the latter half of the Olympics.

Well controlled asthma is not associated with significantly worse outcomes from covid. Early on there was concern that it might, but the data ultimately showed it was only the case for people with severe asthma. While I admittedly don't know for certain that Lyles doesn't have severe asthma, it seems pretty unlikely given the training he's had to endure.

And even for severe asthma, the issue isn't so much that that it is likely to hit you harder, but rather if it hits you hard, you're more likely to have serious breathing complications.

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Some people still seem to be stuck in 2020 when it was all scary and the great unknown.

Now it is like getting the flu or a cold. Healthy, young athletes are very unlikely to have any long term issues. Any virus can on rare occasion cause a post viral syndrome and covid is no different but influenza and covid are two peas in a pod now. Anyone with any virus at the olympics who is well enough to compete is going to do so. Everyone should take some basic precautions to avoid spread of any virus when they are sick.

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Anonymous wrote:I genuinely admire the guy overall, and have no issue with him running it, but why did he go up and hug the gold medalist afterwards, since neither was wearing a mask, and it seemed unnecessary. I don't think it was a jerk move in the sense that it was intentional, but not well thought out.

This was irresponsible. He is not the only one who has trained for years for this experience .

And all those other people would have done the same thing. No serious medal contender at the Olympics would have wanted a policy banning sick people from competing.

This just proves someone else needs to making rational decisions for these people. They are too focused on winning and not their long term health.

It's *hilarious* reading that from someone in far worse health than these athletes. Their choices aren't the ones you should be worried about.

So, if I get advice from someone who isn't healthier than me, I should ignore it?

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Anonymous wrote:I genuinely admire the guy overall, and have no issue with him running it, but why did he go up and hug the gold medalist afterwards, since neither was wearing a mask, and it seemed unnecessary. I don't think it was a jerk move in the sense that it was intentional, but not well thought out.

This was irresponsible. He is not the only one who has trained for years for this experience .

And all those other people would have done the same thing. No serious medal contender at the Olympics would have wanted a policy banning sick people from competing.

This just proves someone else needs to making rational decisions for these people. They are too focused on winning and not their long term health.

It's *hilarious* reading that from someone in far worse health than these athletes. Their choices aren't the ones you should be worried about.

So, if I get advice from someone who isn't healthier than me, I should ignore it?

If it's about how to rationalize different health decisions, probably.

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Anonymous wrote:Some people still seem to be stuck in 2020 when it was all scary and the great unknown.

Now it is like getting the flu or a cold. Healthy, young athletes are very unlikely to have any long term issues. Any virus can on rare occasion cause a post viral syndrome and covid is no different but influenza and covid are two peas in a pod now. Anyone with any virus at the olympics who is well enough to compete is going to do so. Everyone should take some basic precautions to avoid spread of any virus when they are sick.

I don't see any precautions at the Olympics. So, they must not think it's a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Some people still seem to be stuck in 2020 when it was all scary and the great unknown.

Now it is like getting the flu or a cold. Healthy, young athletes are very unlikely to have any long term issues. Any virus can on rare occasion cause a post viral syndrome and covid is no different but influenza and covid are two peas in a pod now. Anyone with any virus at the olympics who is well enough to compete is going to do so. Everyone should take some basic precautions to avoid spread of any virus when they are sick.

I don't see any precautions at the Olympics. So, they must not think it's a big deal.

Most people don't. Because it's not.

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I think the population of people competing in and working at these games is pretty used to Covid circulating -- these are people who have been participating in qualifying meets and competitions all year and who regularly attend things like world championships and nationals for their sports. This is not a group of average office dwellers suddenly at the Olympics.

Regarding Lyles -- in track and field athletes compete at a lot of indoor events during winter months (at least in some events including the ones Lyles competes in) so merely having this event outdoors probably makes a lot of them feel like it's safer from a viral standpoint.

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Anonymous wrote:I believe he also has asthma which would compound the problem for him. Hopefully, he got good medical advice that he would not be putting himself at risk. I’m not going to judge him but as a parent I’d want him to have medical advice from more than just one doctor.

These athletes have excellent medical guidance. They aren’t like you showing up at Minute Clinic hoping for the best.

Do all of them?
Truly?

https://www.si.com/olympics/american-athletes-taking-full-advantage-of-free-healthcare-olympic-village-france

Why would you put off getting a dental check or a pap smear for free in the olympic village if you truly have excellent medical guidance. Are
You aware of how many athletes have to GFM their way to the Olympics? Does that sound compatible with universally available excellent medical guidance?

If you don’t want to pay for health care that’s kind of on you. It’s not like it’s not available.

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Anonymous wrote:I genuinely admire the guy overall, and have no issue with him running it, but why did he go up and hug the gold medalist afterwards, since neither was wearing a mask, and it seemed unnecessary. I don't think it was a jerk move in the sense that it was intentional, but not well thought out.

This was irresponsible. He is not the only one who has trained for years for this experience .

And all those other people would have done the same thing. No serious medal contender at the Olympics would have wanted a policy banning sick people from competing.

This just proves someone else needs to making rational decisions for these people. They are too focused on winning and not their long term health.

It's *hilarious* reading that from someone in far worse health than these athletes. Their choices aren't the ones you should be worried about.

So, if I get advice from someone who isn't healthier than me, I should ignore it?

If it’s health advice … yeah, maybe

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Anonymous wrote:Choosing to run with it? Totally fine. Hugging the gold and silver medal winners immediately after the race on the other hand, extremely arrogant and selfish.

It’s called being caught up in the moment.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither. I think his trainer/manager should have not let him run, because he has asthma.

The trainer/manager works for Lyles and does not tell him what to do. Lyles has had asthma for most of his life and it is exacerbated by Covid. He chose to run, got a silver medal, used a nebulizer afterward, and I look forward to seeing him on his occasional runs up and down King St.